Conference “IBMCP – Science and Technology at the Service of Agriculture”

February 15, 2024. Valencia

FULL CAPACITY

On February 15, 2024, the Conference “IBMCP – Science and Technology at the Service of Agriculture” in the Blue Cube Auditorium of the Polytechnic City of Innovation (Valencia). This Conference, organized by the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (IBMCP), the Technological Platform for Plant Biotechnology (BIOVEGEN) and the Cajamar Cooperative Group.

The event aims to make available the knowledge and capabilities of the IBMCP to solve the challenges of companies in the agri-food sector, disseminate the scientific-technological capabilities of the IBMCP and promote science-business projects.

The Conference will allow to publicize the latest advances in genomic editing of crops, new nutrition and plant health treatments, new more efficient and nutritious varieties and the implementation of sustainability in the production chain. In addition, they will be treated transversal aspects of open innovation and technology transfer (innovation ecosystems, accelerators, innovation agents, start ups, investment funds…).

The event is conceived as a tool for developing collaborations and business, so participating professionals will be able to request and maintain bilateral meetings to promote collaborations and projects science-business.

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The day will also allow participating professionals to maintain bilateral meetings between bidders and demanders of biotechnology, in previously scheduled meetings that will take place throughout the day in the spaces of networking enabled. The event currently has more than 350 registered professionals from 153 entities in the sector.

Below you can consult the list of entities registered for the Conference. If you are interested in holding bilateral meetings with any of them, please send an email to the address dlapuente@invegen.org indicating which ones they are. (This list will be updated weekly until the event takes place).

List of registered entities

Preliminary program

9:30 a.m. Reception of attendees and welcome coffee.
10:00 a.m. Opening of the Day.
- Pablo Vera. Director, IBMCP.
- José Manuel Enriquez. Agri-Food and Cooperative Business Manager DT Valencia.
- José Pellicer. President, BIOVEGEN.
10:20 a.m. IBMCP: Creating the future of agriculture together.
- Laura Zacares. Technology Transfer Manager, IBMCP and Innovation Agent, AVI.
10:40 a.m. Situation in legislation and regulations for NGTs.
- Ana Judith Martín de la Fuente. Secretary of the Interministerial Council of OMG. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. General Subdirectorate of Agricultural Means of Production and OEVV.
11:00 a.m. Towards a new generation of treatments. Moderator: Carlos Baixauli, CAJAMAR.
- Natural compounds as an alternative to synthetic compounds to increase efficiency in crops. Lison Purification, IBMCP.
- Discovery of drugs to improve drought tolerance of crops. Jorge Lozano –Juste, IBMCP.
- RNA-based virus vaccines. Alberto Carbonell, IBMCP
- Biostimulants based on natural compounds. Angela Borrás, PLYMAG.
12:00 p.m. New more efficient and nutritious varieties. Moderator: David Lapuente, BIOVEGEN.
- Applications of Synthetic Plant Biology. Diego Orzáez, IBMCP.
- Improvement of the nutritional quality of plant products. Manuel Rodríguez Concepción, IBMCP.
- Importaco: bioavailability of nutrients in nuts. Amparo Devesa, IMPORTACO.
- New, more nutritious crop varieties. Bernardo Cuenca, RIJK ZWAAN.
1:00 p.m. Cocktail and networking
3:00 p.m. Sustainability in the production chain. Moderator: Jaume Martínez, IBMCP.
- Zero residue crops. Francisco José Escaray, IBMCP.
- Valorization of byproducts for use as biostimulants. José Miguel Mulet, IBMCP.
- Disease-resistant plants to reduce pesticide use. José Antonio Darós, IBMCP.
- How biotechnology can help increase sustainability in the field. Victoria Ibáñez and Nicolás Juste, ANECOOP.
- Agroparc: Sustainable production chain “from field to table”. Joan Simó, Ametller.
4:00 p.m. Open innovation and technology transfer. Moderator: Laura Zacarés, IBMCP.
- BIOVEGEN as an example of an open innovation ecosystem. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna, Manager at BIOVEGEN.
- Cajamar Innova. Juan Carlos Gázquez Garrido, Deputy Director of High Technology Business Incubator in Water, Cajamar Foundation.
- Round table: Accelerating and creating the future of the sector through open innovation and technology transfer.
  - AVI-Valencian Innovation Agency. Victoria Gómez Galdón, Head of the IVACE + i innovation unit.
  - AVA ASAJA. Carlos Montesinos, Innovation Agent and Project Manager.
  - MADEINPLANT. Federico Grau, CEO.
  - SWANLAAB. Nora Alonso, partner and investment director of the Agri-Food Tech Fund.
  - BIOVAL. Jesús Agüero, Director of BIOVAL and Innovation Agent.
5:15 p.m. Closure
- Laura Martí Barranco, Deputy Director General of Innovation Programs at IVACE+i.
- Javier Bartolome, Autonomous Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

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